Decision Workspace
decompress vs archive vs libarchive2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
decompress
growingv0.6.0
Extracting archives made easy
51
archive
experimentalv0.3.1
A unified interface for extracting common archive formats in-memory
48
libarchive2
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for libarchive v3.8.1, providing cross-platform archive reading and writing capabilities
Core Metrics
| decompress | archive | libarchive2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 51 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 39.4K | 1.4K | 867 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.0K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1183d ago | 30d ago | 188d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 7m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
decompress
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
archive
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
libarchive2
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| decompress | archive | libarchive2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 17 | 11 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 30KB | 29KB | 51KB |
| Features | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •archive leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •decompress has the most downloads (39.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ decompress has not been updated in over a year.